We are releasing JBoss Tools 2.0.0.GA today! Downloads available here.

This is the first GA standalone release of our plugins that integrates the Eclipse plugins from what was formerly known as
JBossIDE and Exadel Studio into one.

The combined works gives you first-class support for JBoss related technology
and an unprecedented development environment for JSF and Seam. All the tooling is well integrated with JBoss technologies but we are not limited to that. All the functionality will work standalone and with other application servers.

If you are an JBossIDE user then you should be able to easily upgrade.

If you used JBossIDE Packaging you can either continue to just run the /packaging-build.xml/ directly or to migrate the related projects to JBoss Tools archiving. We have provided a migration script here and you can
read more about the JBoss Tools archiving in a previous blog entry.

If you are an Exadel Studio user then you will find an migration guide here.

This release of JBoss Tools is what went into our JBoss Developer Studio which provides an easy-to-install
Eclipse based IDE fully configured and ready to run with the bundled JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

In short JBoss Tools are just a set of Eclipse plugins and JBoss Developer Studio adds:

An installer

Eclipse and Web Tools preconfigured

JBoss EAP with JBoss AS and Seam preconfigured

3rd party plugins bundled and configured

Access to RHEL and Red Hat Network

Access to the JBoss/Red Hat supported software

It is available for existing support customers or under a 99$ subscription which you can read more about here.